Van Jones says states reopening
businesses amid coronavirus is 'a
death sentence for communities of color'
CNN Politics,
by
Paul LeBlanc
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
4/21/2020 9:03:39 PM
CNN political commentator Van Jones said Tuesday that the decision by some states to ease stay-at-home restrictions and open businesses is effectively "a death sentence for communities of color," which have been disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus. His comments follow Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's announcement that some businesses in the state would be able to reopen as early as Friday, as other state leaders signaled similar plans. "I think it's incredibly reckless. And, you know, signing these orders is signing a death certificate for many, many, many people who do not need to die and who will," Jones
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 4/21/2020 9:12:12 PM (No. 387132)
Well there's a new tactic.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DARling 4/21/2020 9:13:40 PM (No. 387133)
Stay home if you're old or sickly. Practice simple distancing and personal hygiene habits if you are healthy enough to go out into the world. Color should have nothing to do with common sense. If you ignore the advice, that's on you. Quit playing the race card. It is getting pretty tattered with overuse.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 4/21/2020 9:17:19 PM (No. 387135)
“Communities of Color”. How pretentious is that term. Ridiculous. I grew up in the Deep South. The polite term was ‘colored people ‘. This person/people of color i
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/21/2020 9:26:13 PM (No. 387142)
Now everything is RACIST, including the Morons on the LEFT regardless of skin tone...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
thewarden 4/21/2020 9:30:27 PM (No. 387147)
Oh do just shut up.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
cor-vet 4/21/2020 9:41:17 PM (No. 387153)
They need to arrest the bad guys (whites?) that are making the 'communities of color' go out into danger and leave the safety of their home.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 4/21/2020 9:46:53 PM (No. 387155)
Oy vey, not him again.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/21/2020 9:47:29 PM (No. 387156)
Anything happening any day is a "death sentence to communities of color" to Van Jones. Very racist individual who talks about nothing but race. Mr. Jones, have you ever had any concern about anyone else?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
SpentPenny 4/21/2020 9:48:37 PM (No. 387158)
How about a death sentence for numb-nuts Jones?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
laurenc 4/21/2020 9:48:38 PM (No. 387159)
Sorry to hear that Van. We'll miss you... s/
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Ming 4/21/2020 9:49:58 PM (No. 387160)
Does anyone still listen to what this block-headed, communist imbecile has to say?
His sell/buy date expired during the first Obungler administration.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 4/21/2020 9:56:52 PM (No. 387164)
If you don't lije it, then stay the heck home, fool.
And maybe contemplate some lifestyle choices that will reduce the incident of obesity, high BP, and more.
It's always got to be somebody else's fault.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jalo1951 4/21/2020 10:02:22 PM (No. 387168)
Funny how no one seems to get upset when on a hot July night there are 42 shootings with 28 deaths. So what is the answer? Never leave our homes again? And then what? I mean seriously I am tired of being called a racist no matter what the problem is. Tired of this nonsense. It is not my fault your Pop-pop drinks to much and loves good BBQ.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
mizzmac 4/21/2020 10:03:52 PM (No. 387170)
I've really had it with these people. Agree w/ #2. Stay home if you're old or ill or afraid. But don't call me a racist if I want to go to work and live my life.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ronniethek 4/21/2020 10:11:11 PM (No. 387175)
Communist racist. Complete piece of dreck-like his former boss.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Safari Man 4/21/2020 10:18:28 PM (No. 387177)
Ok, if that’s the case, let’s do this: white people are free to move about the country. Colored’s need to stay locked down - it’s for their own good. Does that make you happy?
(And the colored girls go doo da doo d’Doo dah doh doo doop...)
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/21/2020 10:23:26 PM (No. 387179)
Van Jones is a total liberal racist puke. He never has explained what his hero Obama ever did for the black community in this nation. Trump has done more for the black community than Obama ever thought about doing. This is just disgusting, and bravo to Governor Kemp, and Van just shut up and go hide in your house.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Elljay 4/21/2020 10:29:51 PM (No. 387184)
This virus obviously needs diversity training.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
davew 4/21/2020 11:09:05 PM (No. 387193)
As Dr. Birx explained over several briefings, the criteria for beginning Phase One of the reopening is to have targeted testing in the most vulnerable populations. She specifically included minority communities as well as senior homes and veterans hospitals. The plan already includes special provisions for identifying infected minority people first because of their high co-morbidity percentages. This is the most compassionate use of the limited testing and contact tracing resources and Van Jones should be praising this extraordinary effort and assisting it, not condemning it to make political points.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Omen55 4/21/2020 11:21:40 PM (No. 387196)
Because just like the Chinese the Wuhan virus is racist!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Newtsche 4/21/2020 11:44:08 PM (No. 387202)
With numbers reversed, there would be complaints of under-served Kung Flu Deserts.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 4/21/2020 11:56:14 PM (No. 387210)
VJ is one of the biggest vile loathsome racists out there. Your spew plays well on CNN but it goes nowhere in Realville.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
PChristopher 4/22/2020 12:25:08 AM (No. 387220)
So stay home
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Trigger2 4/22/2020 1:58:31 AM (No. 387244)
Is Van Jones saying blacks are too stupid to wear a mask and stay 6 feet away from each other?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
coyote 4/22/2020 2:53:44 AM (No. 387262)
Just another way to play the race card.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
XCenturion 4/22/2020 3:20:02 AM (No. 387267)
Is white one of the colors Jones was referring to?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
lisa belanger 4/22/2020 3:49:10 AM (No. 387279)
when trump is gone the networks will let go all these people
there will be no one else to hate cnn is a zoo msnbc with ali is a zoo they will all lose their jobs
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Peaches 4/22/2020 5:27:59 AM (No. 387288)
It's a white-virus-lash, Van!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/22/2020 9:13:10 AM (No. 387482)
Yes, #25. Just like Jones and his comrades believe that blacks are too stupid to get a photo ID.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
kono 4/22/2020 2:50:59 PM (No. 387933)
"'a death sentence for communities of color,' which have been disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus"
In what way is the effect disproportionate -- genetically, chemically, intellectually, physically, emotionally, spiritually, economically, behaviorally, politically, relationally, empirically, theoretically?
Or is Van just answering reflexively (like preschoolers to playground taunts)? It seems like anytime he hears somebody is suffering in any way, his automatic response is that people of color suffer it worse. "Universe will cease to exist tomorrow -- women and minorities to be hardest hit."
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 4/22/2020 8:21:25 PM (No. 388188)
Van Jones is a death sentence for rational thinking.
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What good is a worldwide pandemic without playing the race card? Libs suddenly have a obsession with a handful of southern states that are re-opening, while ignoring that many other states are also ready to leave the bomb shelter.